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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-11-21 08:41 pm

⇨ THE LUNAR SOLSTICE

Who: Everyone!
When: Winter Breaks: Day 6 - Day 25
Where: THE MOON
What: The carnival journeys to one of its moons to celebrate the Lunar Solstice. More information here.
Warnings: Winter fun.

MOON WALKING

The journey to the moon only takes a blink of an eye, but it leaves the carnival far away beneath you. The second moon can be seen on the peripheral, massive compared to its usual view. At least when the holidays start out, there will be no notable wildlife on the moon, though this is something you can talk to the Ringmaster about if you think it needs a change. It sounds like this is the first time she's used it in quite a while - it probably needs some dusting off!

Claim your cabins, and proceed to... well, do whatever you want! There is no rush and little obligation, besides to enjoy yourself. For real, this time. She promises there will be no vampires. Or, at least, none that don't already work for the carnival.

CABINS: Living arrangements are character choice for this event, and there are a variety of cabins of various sizes, mostly built to house 2-6 people, though you can fit more in if you squish. They are all made of wood and of a rustic design - no fancy modern furniture, here! Each building is housed with a fireplace and the needed amenities. You can pick up materials to cook with the private kitchens if you like. Theoretically, you could spend the whole holiday sequestered away, watching the snow fall. Some of them also have outdoor hot tubs available!

ACTIVITIES: Activities are mostly going to be character driven, though there will be some large group games like bingo and maybe a poker tournament happening at some point in one of the festival halls. Otherwise, there is a lot to offer: skiing, snowboarding, hiking, ice sculpting, snowball fights - it goes on! If you'd like to run a winter activity, just let the mods know, and we will get the word out there for you.

FEASTING: Every day isn't a full-out feast because that would get a bit unhealthy, but there will be a number of specific feast events over the holidays where everyone is encouraged to let out their inner hedonist and stuff themselves. There will be one big feast per week, with smaller but also delicious meals offered in between. The feast dates will be B12, B18, and B24. There's also plenty of alcohol available for anyone who wants it.

SHOPPING: As mentioned in the planning post, there is a massive market being run by the World Walker Caravan! The Ringmaster has given everyone 1250 credits to spend on items, but there is a caveat - must spend at least 500 of those credits on gifts for other people. And it better be a good one, if you only buy one! (She will ask that you do not buy her presents, however. She appreciates the sentiment, but it seems sort of silly buying her things with her own money! If you'd like to gift her, please have it be something more personal or handmade, but you are not obligated to get her anything at all.)

TREATMENTS: The beginning of the holidays will also be about the time that the emergency Medical Team will have finalized their treatments for the Prince's poisoning. Watch out for further information on that - and make sure to get treated if you are suffering from petrification or poison induced illness! The holidays will be a lot more fun that way.
criticallyfucked: (When your laughter was meant)

[personal profile] criticallyfucked 2017-12-08 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Foster laughs again, this time in more obvious delight.

Flowey, if he could have murdered Papyrus, he would have already!

Of course, until his contract with the Carnival, Foster had never murdered any sentient being besides himself.

Even now, he's only purposefully and successfully murdered three... and one of them barely counts. So jumping directly to murder is perhaps a little strong. Then again, why not? He sincerely can't think of anything else that would get to Papyrus...

He stops laughing long enough to ask another question.

"Then tell me what he doesn't like."
Edited 2017-12-08 07:08 (UTC)
wilt: (bird that carries you over a)

[personal profile] wilt 2017-12-08 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
He wants to say "You," but that's blatantly not true.

"Junior Jumble. He hates word searches."

Yeah, Foster, he'd be fucking with you were that not canon. "He dislikes... not being in the Royal Guard. Sorry, that's it."
criticallyfucked: (The earth will overflow tonight)

[personal profile] criticallyfucked 2017-12-08 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
If Flowey had left it at the Junior Jumble, Foster would have assumed the flower was just fucking with him. Instead, he can't even manage to laugh at this reply; he just looks mildly disgusted. Contemptuous, maybe.

"You really are from the same time and place, aren't you." He doesn't even phrase it as a question.

He sounds disgusted with Flowey too.
wilt: <user name=xamag-undertale web site=tumblr> (run!)

[personal profile] wilt 2017-12-08 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, did being honest upset you? I'm soooo sorry that there's nothing Papyrus really hates. Does it bother you? That there's finally one person whose skin you can't get under, because they don't have any?"

Flowey really could be a grade-A mess when he wasn't being kept in check.

"Too bad. That was my problem for a while, too."
criticallyfucked: (Blink if you can hear me)

[personal profile] criticallyfucked 2017-12-08 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Foster falls silent.

He did not... specifically realise that was his problem with Papyrus--or rather, he did, but not in so many words. Papyrus upsets him in a way no one else in the Carnival does. And it's because he can't do anything about it. He has no control over Papyrus, no angle or weakness to exploit against him. The more aggressively Foster tries to affect him, the more dramatically and dogmatically Papyrus deflects him.

If Foster were a little more capable of insight, he'd realise that this is actually fairly similar to how everyone else feels around him.

He turns his head away; for a moment, Flowey won't be able to see his expression from where he is, and the rest of his body isn't giving any real visual clues to his mood.

But it doesn't last too long.

"That wasn't a problem with Sans," he responds, smiling very thinly.
wilt: (ruins)

[personal profile] wilt 2017-12-08 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"..."

Flowey's slipping back into his old skin like it's natural, having pettiness and antagonism to fuel him through this conversation. And he stops. Because he shares a cabin with this guy in a little flower pot Reira got him and if he makes it so bad he'll have to evict himself, she's going to be more than pissed.

And he can't risk Reira not liking him anymore. He can't explain why, but...

"Papyrus likes puzzles. He devotes himself to making special ones to trap humans, or he used to."
criticallyfucked: (Where proud you stand)

[personal profile] criticallyfucked 2017-12-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
He likes....

Puzzles.

He likes... puzzles? He--

Foster looks a little ill.

"Ha ha." It comes out slightly breathless, an echo of the peaked look he's wearing. "He likes puzzles... but hates word searching?" Foster wasn't ready for that--the revelation of something in common with the skeleton man, anything even approaching a similarity, a... shared trait or experience.

He's so overwhelmed and overcome that he all but misses the latter part--the bit about 'trapping humans.' He can't even wrap his head around it yet; it's still in transit, further information dependent on a loading bar not yet complete.